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While Sickle Cell Anemia is more common in certain ethnic groups, people should be aware of sickle cell. Sickle Cell Anemia affects 1 out of 13 people and is diagnosed at birth. People with this disease live a life struggling pain and uncertainty. On the 15th of November 1910, Dr. James Herrick made the first discovery of sickle cell disease. He encountered multiple patients complaining of similar symptoms of acute chest pain. Dr. Herrick received a blood film, a test used to look for…

is to reduce pain and to avoid crises. There are numerous medications used to treat sickle cell anemia such as antibodies, vaccinations, vitamins, blood transfusion, and pain relieving medications. Many people take the drug called Hydroxyurea (Droxia, Hydrea). This medication is to be taken orally and daily to reduce the number of blood transfusions. The medication works by targeting the fetal hemoglobin to reduce the formation of sickle cells. Although Hydroxyurea is taken by millions of sickle…

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Blood transfusions are used to save our lives and there are many errors that can occur and potentially harm people’s lives. The most common blood transfusion error has to do with negligence of the nurses themselves. These mistakes could include blood samples that are being mislabeled for another patient, blood being ordered for wrong patient, and wrong samples taken from the wrong patient (Lippi & Plebani, 2011). The errors that occur in the health field can lead back to the wrong process in…

EIA Equids obtain different diseases and some have cures while others do not. Equine infectious anemia is one of those without a cure. Many studies have been conducted on this topic so more can be known about this disease. Most of this can be avoided when purchasing an equid for personal use by talking to the previous owner. Equids are any type of animal that has hooves and is related to the horse including donkeys and zebras. This paper takes a look at equine infectious anemia and will examine…

What if blood were poison to the body? Imagine going through countless blood transfusions and bone marrow transplants. Many people are blessed never to have to worry about those things their entire lives, but that life is a reality for a person with sickle cell disease. Some compare sickle cell to cancer, but they are very different. Similarly both have severe effects on the body from the diseases themselves and from the strenuous treatment procedures. Through all the hardships sufferers, have…

the use of Coombs’ anti-globulin test (Giangrande, 2001). During the 20th century, the field of blood transfusions advanced tremendously, motivated by the onset of the First World War (Harding, 2014). The advancement occurred due to the new understanding of blood groups and the usage of an anticoagulant that enabled indirect transfusion to occur. Before the use of this anticoagulant, transfusion was only able to be carried out via the use of defibrinated blood as described by Moss…

In the beginning, blood was only used for blood transfusions to save he sick and even with all the new found uses for blood discovered over the years, it still is the number one use. Blood transfusions are most commonly done before, during, and after surgeries of people who have experienced extreme trauma. Danielle, a women who regularly donated her blood was in a serious car accident in 1998, were she needed many blood transfusions to keep her alive. When people experience extreme trauma…

Sickle cell anemia is a disease that results in the destruction of the protein hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a molecule located in the red blood cells that is responsible for the delivery of oxygen to the cells to the entire human body. This disease is a reaction of a point mutation in the β-hemoglobin gene that leads to the synthesis of sickle hemoglobin, which distorts and injures the red blood cell (Solovieff, Hartley, Baldwin, Klings, Gladwin, Taylor, & Sebastiani, 2011). Healthy red blood cells…

Sickle Cell Disease is a blood disorder that’s inherited and affects almost 100,00 folks in the United States . Red blood cells contain hemoglobin which is a protein that carries oxygen in the blood . Normal red blood cells are flexible and round which allows body . The sickle cell disease causes red blood cells to form a cresent shaped red blood cells to break away easily causing anemia . Instead of the normal 120 days the…